2008/5/21 Roberto A. Foglietta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > 2008/5/20 Alessandro Rubini <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> >>> I use busybox on embedded system: PowerPC 405GP Walnut board >>> which only has a serial port for debugging. >> >> So you have no display, and no text console on the display. >> >>> My busybox is built with default menuconfig settings and make it >>> into Ramdisk form. >> >> So, it looks like your inittab includes entries to run getty on the >> text terminals. >> >>> Can't open /dev/tty4: No such file or directory >>> Can't open /dev/tty2: No such device or address >>> Can't open /dev/tty3: No such device or address >> >> /dev/tty2 and /dev/tty3 exist on the filesystem but there is no associated >> driver (no display, no text terminal). /dev/tty4 is not existing in the >> filesystem. >> >>> The error message will show again and again. >> >> You should fix your inittab so init won't try to run the getty process >> on those devices. >> > > I am not sure about him but mine /etc/inittab does not carry any > tty[2-5] but it showed the same messages and linking /dev/tty[2-5] > against /dev/null was the first workaround which shut up the busybox. > If it could be of any help my system is a UMLinux but before launching > it I unset the DISPLAY environment variable: > > http://lugge.wikidot.com/tar2loop > > and the used busybox is the last version 1.10.2, config could be > retrieved here: > > http://lugge.wikidot.com/local--files/tar2loop/busybox.config > > here the /etc/inittab: > > # This is run first except when booting in single-user mode > # > ::sysinit:/etc/rc.sh > > # /bin/sh invocations on selected ttys > # > # Start an "askfirst" shell on the console (whatever that may be) > ::askfirst:-/bin/sh > # Start an "askfirst" shell on /dev/tty2-4 > #tty2::askfirst:-/bin/sh > #tty3::askfirst:-/bin/sh > #tty4::askfirst:-/bin/sh > > # Stuff to do when restarting the init process > ::restart:/sbin/init > > # Stuff to do before rebooting > ::ctrlaltdel:/sbin/reboot > ::shutdown:/etc/shutdown
I follow your inittab. It works fine! Thanks to all of you for quick responds. Best regards, --- ShenLei _______________________________________________ busybox mailing list busybox@busybox.net http://busybox.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/busybox
